Franz Hagn (on the right) and Umut Günsel in front of a structural model of the transport protein.
New findings on photosynthesis. Franz Hagn (on the right) and Umut Günsel in front of a structural model of the transport protein. Plants use photosynthesis to produce oxygen, nutrients and bioenergy. But this complex biochemical process is inefficient, with only a fraction of the sun's energy actually being utilized in photosynthesis. Researchers want to change this in order to help increase the yield of cultivated crops. A research team in Munich has now discovered that the outer envelope membrane of chloroplasts could play a key role in this process. Plants absorb carbon dioxide and use the sun and water to turn it into biomass and oxygen.
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